RHH's photos with the keyword: lonicera

This is a native shrub that has small yellow flowers in late spring and early summer followed by these shiny black berries (inedible) with their red bracts. The botanical name of the shrub is Lonicera involucrata and it is in the Honeysuckle family. The photo is my wife's, taken along the Yellowhead Highway in British Columbia as we traveled to Edmonton.

This honeysuckle is described as uncommon and I have only seen it once. It is a vine growing 6-18 feet and found in west-side forests. In Explore June 9, 2009, #289.

In Explore March 13, 2012, #110. These are the berries of the Orange Honeysuckle, Lonicera ciliosa, that is native to Washington State. The berries are soft and red when fully mature and are "edible but not often used as food." These were photographed on the edge of the woods at Warm Beach Camp on Puget Sound near Stanwood.